ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Cavaliers 1/7/2015

root sports replaying it right now.

 

Hey I like this Josh Smith. That finger roll, that block, those passes.
Brewer, Smith IN / Daniels, Garcia OUT? Looking really really good.

I was worried a little bit about Howard, but games like this make me relax. I actually thought Howard played really good tonight.

It's amazing how cool and unaffected Harden can be sometimes when the refs are robbing him on calls when he gets hacked. Played great, flirted with the triple dub, but man...he's gotta make better decisions on some of those passes. Make the easy right pass, don't flirt with the quadruple dub.

I like how Pap made a 3 and it was the only one he took. And it was after Irving got a 1-on-1 jumper on him, so we went down the other side and knocked down a 3.

 

No, your suggestion is r****ded. McHale's was not.

Brewer just played 10 straight minutes, and Terry hit the 3 dagger right after Brewer got subbed out for Harden.

 

Watching the replay, I just saw Dmo getting the ball deep in the paint and immediately passing to open Bev who missed the corner three.

Dmo, be more selfish when you have your shot in the paint.

 

Anyone have a gif of that dunk/layup JSmith had in the game?

Felt like crying for him, he must have lost some bounce lol.

 

It's on Root Sports now. ESPN usually replays games around 1 or 2 AM. As for an actual place you can watch the game, go to a bar, get cable, or go bug a friend.:grin:

 

I am starting to get a little tired of watching harden go after those fouls. I understand he gets to the line but he has a lot of turnovers when he doesn't. I always see 1 or 2 people standing on the 3 wide open and harden will just drive in and get nothing

 

I'm trying to find a stream online somwhere... Hmmm.

 

I know right!

Even with a win (a two digit win at that), someone still complains about the coaches and players. I totally fine if it's a constructive criticism because some plays are pretty silly at times but some rants are just the same old same old.

Go Rockets!

 

Titles.

Are.

Not.

Won.

In.

January.

In addition, there is no such thing as the perfect game. How about you actually try and enjoy the games instead of b!tching about every little perceived flaw?

 

THE CAVS WERE WITHOUT LEBRON JAMES. They have not been playing well and yet we struggled. This is the same fools gold we always fall for. Yes we are beating bad teams, it this was a competitive team we lose we have turned into the Dallas Mavericks.

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Dwight Howard, after the win, broke into a few Stan Van Gundy impersonations in the locker room. Always welcome.</p>&mdash; Ethan J. Skolnick (@EthanJSkolnick) <a href="https://twitter.com/EthanJSkolnick/status/553024996466233345">January 8, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Detroit killing Dallas and Memphis also lost

 

Much needed win. It was good to see them close this game out.

 

I missed the entire game and hopped into the game thread around page 40.... You would have ZERO clue that we weren't getting our asses handed to us, never mind actually winning nor won the game by double freaking digits.

I've never thought of myself as the homer type compared to many on here but good grief... According to many on here we've never played a good game. It gets so damn old.

 

We beat teams like Memphis without Howard so I'm not giving Cleveland any free rides. Teams deal with injuries and sometimes get inspired as result. Irving was Hot tonight.

Anyways, It's going to take 2-3 months at least before we truly SEE what type of team the Rockets are after they've played together for a while to iron out the team chemistry which is still erratic.

Meanwhile, I'm glad to see we finally have a BENCH

 

Rockets were playing very very poorly vs them for most of the game

 

Can we not enjoy a win without people crying and biotching about who they played. I don't care that the Cavaliers were without Lebron. Didn't they still have 2 Superstars on the court? Irving and Love have to find way to win without Bron period.

Enjoy the much needed win people.

 

You really can't expect the rockets to play great 100% of the time or even 70% in fact. Does a win only matter if it's a lopsided victory or if the Rockets beat a team with their superstars? Of course not. Every win should matter, even wins against 'bad' teams.

I'm not saying the team played great because they didn't. But the Rockets won, the fans should be happy. People can post whatever they want but I don't think I'm the only one who thinks that some of the negativity is getting tiresome.

 

A win is a win, don't care how we get it.